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numberwang said:
Everybody sees it negative but the glass can be half full. Maybe Rockstar comes along and says GTA6 is possible but only in boost mode, so it's that or nothing... what would Big N decide? They could throw in some mini games for mobile mode but the real game is only playable in docked mode.

The problem at that point is, why even have the Switch. Especially if it's not one or two games, but 10 or 20. 

 

I mean THE only draw to get multiplats on Switch is because you can take them on the go, take that out of the equation and you just have the worst version of multiplats.



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That simply doesn't make sense.

Did New 3DS mean games were launched that only worked on it vs orig 3DS?
Did DSi mean games were launched that only worked on it vs DSPhat?
Will there be PS4Pro games that don't work on PS4?

In all those cases there as at least different hardware / revisions. In this case your talking about the exact same console.

No, there will be no games that only work in portable or only docked mode. Docked mode isn't going to be a 5 fold or 10 fold increase in power. Its only going to allow a 720p game be stable and 900p on a TV (or 1080p).

This is a power difference that is likely less than the difference between Xbox One and PS4 now. Think people give too much credit to raw flops and ignore the far more important technical functionality or architecture in a GPU that isn't quantified in a flop.

From everything know thus far, there is no reason to think that any of these games being made could not be put on NS. Yes, they may be 720p vs 900p on XboxOne or 1080p on PS4 and they may or may not have more frame rate drops (granted many cases an XboxOne game is more stable than PS4), but it is certainly possible as the GPU core technology support is the same, just weaker. Whereas in past gens Wii and WiiU both were missing core technology, had contradictory CPU/architecture and were far less in terms of raw power than NS to XboxOne.

See my comparison thread and wait for January. I do believe there will be 3rd party games announced that demonstrate this to be true while not every game is immediately show as being supported due to Nintendo/3rd party relations, but that will change as 3DS is scaled down and NS proves to be a successful platform.



superchunk said:
Did New 3DS mean games were launched that only worked on it vs orig 3DS?
Did DSi mean games were launched that only worked on it vs DSPhat?

Yes to both of those.



No,while the dock will improve performance it probably won't be required for any game to run. The game might not run as well but it has to run. Or else it destroys the whole idea of the switch.



Barkley said:
superchunk said:
Did New 3DS mean games were launched that only worked on it vs orig 3DS?
Did DSi mean games were launched that only worked on it vs DSPhat?

Yes to both of those.

What games?



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superchunk said:
Barkley said:

Yes to both of those.

What games?

New 3DS Exclusives:

Futuridium EP Deluxe
Lifespeed
Hyper Light EX
Mini Mario and Friends amiibo Challenge (Require amiibo to play)
Pirate Pop Plus
The Binding of Isaac Rebirth
Wind Up Knight 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (retail)
Runbow (retail)
forma.8

(And 30+ Snes VC games)

 

DSI Exclusives:

(Retail)

Face Training
Foto Showdown
Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal
Hidden Photo
Picture Perfect Hair Salon
System Flaw

(And 200+ Digital Only Titles)



I think we will see a couple of games but most likely will not..



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Barkley said:

New 3DS Exclusives:

Futuridium EP Deluxe
Lifespeed
Hyper Light EX
Mini Mario and Friends amiibo Challenge (Require amiibo to play)
Pirate Pop Plus
The Binding of Isaac Rebirth
Wind Up Knight 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (retail)
Runbow (retail)
forma.8

(And 30+ Snes VC games)

 

DSI Exclusives:

(Retail)

Face Training
Foto Showdown
Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal
Hidden Photo
Picture Perfect Hair Salon
System Flaw

(And 200+ Digital Only Titles)

So some hardware specific or niche titles... yeah that set a precedent for power differences.

I don't even know why I commented on this thread. The entire concept doesn't make sense and I have no clue what those of you are thinking the power difference will be when docked vs not. Not to mention that any game ported to NS would have been originally created on hardware (Xbox/PS) that is much more powerful than NS docked or not.

It should be painfully obvious that no one is going to put a game on NS that wouldn't function when portable.



Nope, will some third party games not release on the Switch because of it (and a lack of ram) probably.



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar

I doubt it, that would kinda defeat the main gimmick of the Switch.



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